Yeah, why would it be a competitive disadvantage to pack up the entire football department and move it 200 miles? Which is the same process (though shorter distance) as packing it up and moving it to, say, Tuscaloosa, Baton Rouge, Gainesville, etc. I guess to some people away games aren't considered a competitive disadvantage.

Fortunately for us, it seems our AD and head coach do realize this and have the guts to start taking the steps to do something about it. I don't mind the high school stadium getting Ole Miss and the likes of Louisiana Monroe until the current contract expires, but after that, I hope that like every other school that used to do it they realize the tremendous waste of resources it is to play home games at an away location.

The same goes for you. I'm sure they "realize" much more about what it costs and what advantages or disadvantages come with it. Long and Petrino have done pretty much everything right so far, so if they choose to play two games in LR I'm gonna say there is a reason for it. When they choose to move the LSU game to fayetteville, clearly there is a reason for that as well.

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I don't mind moving the game to RRS so much, but this statement really shows how little Long knows about Razorback Football history. Ask the coaches and players if they feel "competitively disadvantaged" when they play in Little Rock.

Jesus Christ, some of you fuckers can't comprehend English worth a shit. Nobody said they feel competitively disadvantaged when they play in LR. What he said is, and I fucking QUOTE:

"it will prevent our team from a competitive disadvantage of traveling three straight weekends in the most crucial part..."

For fucks sake, if you're going to bitch about something at least be honest with regards to what you're bitching about.

I'm in the camp that wishes WMS was no longer part of the schedule. those folks should get with the Cotton Bowl and Tulane Stadium about having a Mexican minor league soccer tour or something. Shitty stadiums from before the Korean War, at the earliest, do nothing for recruiting.

On the other hand, I think having the A&M game in Cowboys Stadium is a huge recruiting boon, and better than a home and home. Being able to tell recruits they will get to play in JerryWorld every year is a big plus.

Jesus Christ, some of you frickers can't comprehend English worth a aMm. Nobody said they feel competitively disadvantaged when they play in LR. What he said is, and I fricking QUOTE:

"it will prevent our team from a competitive disadvantage of traveling three straight weekends in the most crucial part..."

For fricks sake, if you're going to bitch about something at least be honest with regards to what you're bitching about.

Funny that it wasn't a 'competitive disadvantage' in '98, '00 or '08 when we had 2 road games prior to LSU in LR and beat the Corndogs every time (only other time it happened was '96 and we lost to LSU in LR then). Just say the truth: it's so we can get 20k more at one of our biggest games and we could bring in recruits to campus if necessary. Any other reason is BS.

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That was not a good team we barely beat at home. We seriously may not win another game this season. - BASS January 20, 2018, 07:40:43 PM

Funny that it wasn't a 'competitive disadvantage' in '98, '00 or '08 when we had 2 road games prior to LSU in LR and beat the Corndogs every time (only other time it happened was '96 and we lost to LSU in LR then). Just say the truth: it's so we can get 20k more at one of our biggest games and we could bring in recruits to campus if necessary. Any other reason is BS.

1) I wasn't arguing the veracity of Long's position. I was pointing out that the previous poster completely misrepresented Long's position. Nothing more, nothing less.

2) Regarding Long's quote, I would argue that it IS a competitive disadvantage for us. We just happened to overcome it. You can't tell me LSU does not have an inherent advantage when the UA is traveling 3 weeks straight.

I still have my doubts about a sellout the day after thanksgiving. They ought to keep it on Saturday.

Yeah, no way a possible match-up of top 5 teams sellout. Only LSU has the type of quality program to consistently sell-out a day after Thanksgiving game.

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Yeah, no way a possible match-up of top 5 teams sellout. Only LSU has the type of quality program to consistently sell-out a day after Thanksgiving game.

Sure a top 5 matchup that late in the season is an easy sell. Now if we would happen to lose to (God forbid), Bama and USC-e, then it will be a little harder to fill up the place. The Bama game, with ESPiN Gameday in town, will still have a larger crowd.

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That was not a good team we barely beat at home. We seriously may not win another game this season. - BASS January 20, 2018, 07:40:43 PM

The USC-e game between two top 10 teams last season wasn't a sell-out.

That's what I'm saying, we suck as a program. We seriously need to lower expectations around here.

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That's what I'm saying, we suck as a program. We seriously need to lower expectations around here.

We've been nationally relevant as a program into November 4 times in the last 30+ years. We've never won the SEC and we haven't beaten Bama in the last 5 games. So yeah, to most of the country we do suck as a program.

Can we change that perception? Sure. Can we run the table this year and have that 1 magical season like Auburn did in '10? It could happen. Realisticly, we could also go 9-3 this year.

High expectations are great. I understand the team and fans must have them. Just because someone points out what is realistic doesn't mean they don't have the same aspirations as the idiots who think 100% that we are gonna go 14-0 this year.

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That was not a good team we barely beat at home. We seriously may not win another game this season. - BASS January 20, 2018, 07:40:43 PM

The Texas A&M Aggies will host the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2012, A&M athletics director Bill Byrne said on Saturday.

The schools will meet at Kyle Field on Sept. 29, 2012 and then play at Arkansas in 2013. In 2014, the game will return to Cowboys Stadium in Arlington.

Arkansas and Texas A&M first met at Cowboys Stadium in 2009 in a series that was dubbed the “Southwest Classic.” The Razorbacks won all three games: 47-19 (2009), 24-17 (2010) and 42-38 (2011).

The two teams signed a 10-year contract to play the game in Arlington when Texas A&M was still a member of the Texas League. With the Aggies entering the SEC in 2012, they wanted to move the game back to the campuses.

Arkansas opens the 2012 season on Sept. 1 at home against Jacksonville State while Texas A&M travels to face Louisiana Tech in Shreveport on Aug. 30.

We've been nationally relevant as a program into November 4 times in the last 30+ years. We've never won the SEC and we haven't beaten Bama in the last 5 games. So yeah, to most of the country we do suck as a program.

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Let's see, even assuming being ranked in November with two loses is not "nationally releveant" (1981, '87), this is within the last 30 seasons (1982-2011: